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V is the 21st most common letter in English at about 1.0%. It is one of the least common consonants, but it is also a relatively late addition to English orthography — for centuries V and U were the same letter. V is never doubled in English (no “VV”), and V rarely ends a word (SAVE, HAVE, LOVE all have a silent final E for this reason).
In Scrabble, V is worth 4 points with 2 V tiles in the bag. V is a classic “stuck” tile — it rarely fits into bingo stems, and V combines awkwardly with most other letters. Short V-words memorised by players include VAW, VAV, VIA, VIE, VEX, VUG.
Productive V-prefixes: VICE- (in place of — VICE-PRESIDENT, VICE-CHAIR). V is the initial of several classic Latin-origin roots: VIA-family (VIA, VIADUCT, DEVIATE), VID– / VIS– (see — VIDEO, VISION, VISIBLE), VERB– (word — VERBAL, VERBOSE). V-initial high-value Scrabble words include VEXING, VIZIER, VIZOR.
We have 4,588 V-initial entries, which is about 1.3% of the full word list. That’s roughly proportional to V’s text-frequency of 1.0% (ranked 21st among the 26 letters).
VAJAZZLINGS takes the top spot at 40 Scrabble points using standard TWL values — and that’s before any premium squares. The raw V tile is worth 4 points.
At 3 letters, VAC is the minimum-length V-initial word in our list. Short words are the bread of Scrabble — they make premium squares easy to reach and let you save longer rack plays for bingos.